Mr. Fish, Secretary of State, to Mr. Roberts, Spanish minister.
Department of
State,
Washington, December 8, 1869.
Washington, December 8, 1869.
The undersigned, Secretary of State of the United States, has the honor to transmit to Mr. Lopez Roberts a copy of a note of the 5th instant, which he has received from Mr. Freyre, the minister of Peru, conveying his assent, on behalf of his government, to the departure of the gun-boats constructed for the Spanish government by Mr. Delamater, of New York; also a copy of the reply thereto by the undersigned.
The undersigned offers to Mr. Lopez Roberts on this occasion renewed assurances of his highest consideration.
- HAMILTON FISH.
- Señor Don M. Lopez Roberts.